How to pronounce “ciencia”

Hear how “ciencia (science)” sounds in Spanish, then read the breakdown below.

cienciaSYEHN-syah (Latin America) · THYEHN-thyah (Spain)

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Breakdown

Meaning	science
Syllables	cien · cia (2)
Stress	Words ending in a vowel, n or s stress the second-to-last syllable: CIEN.
IPA (Latin America)	/ˈsjen.sja/
IPA (Spain)	/ˈθjen.θja/

c before e or i sounds like s in Latin America and like the "th" in "think" in most of Spain.
Keep every vowel short and pure: a = "ah", e = "eh", i = "ee", o = "oh", u = "oo". No gliding.

Me encanta la ciencia.I love science.

Estudio ciencias en la universidad.I study science at the university.